BAA Grants for Retrofits and New Builds

The BAA Teams Committee has three funding opportunities available to current buggy teams for the 2025-2026 academic year:

We are continuing to offer our New Build Grant. If your team has not rolled a new buggy in the past 4 years, the BAA will reimburse up to $500 of build related expenses. This applies to new and ongoing builds.

In addition to the New Build Grant, we’re excited to announce the availability of a Retrofit Grant. This grant is available to fund up to $300 for retrofits on any currently non-rollable buggy to make it rollable and bylaws compliant.

Both of these grants are handled on a reimbursement basis. Reach out to Diya Nuxoll <diyanuxoll@cmubuggy.org> if you are interested in taking advantage of this funding!

And finally, as a continuation of our previous Hard Point Retrofit Funding, the BAA has provided Sweepstakes with funds to bulk purchase the supplies required for the recommended hard point retrofit methodology. If you are interested in performing this retrofit, please contact the RD26 Sweepstakes Mechanical Safety Chair, Sam Green <slgreen@andrew.cmu.edu>.

As always, even if none of these apply to your team, reach out to the BAA Teams Committee if you would like help finding sustainable sources of funding for your team, need advice to support your build, or need to find an extra set of hands for a critical work session.

Rolls Report November 8: Mini-Raceday 2025

Homecoming Weekend has come and gone! It was great to see some of you back on campus, and always great to meet more students who came out to chat and grab a donut (sorry we didn’t have enough for everyone, that won’t be a problem at Raceday!). Thanks especially to our volunteers!! There were some changes to Mini-Raceday this year which made it more exciting, although the weather was quite uncooperative, shortening our time to roll significantly.


We had heats this year!

OrgSaturday (Rolled Entries Only)
ApexHelios
CIAEmperor, Kingfisher, Goldfinch, Starling
DGInsite
FringeBaltic, Blackbird
PiKARaptor
SDCLust
SigEpBarracuda
SpiritSeraph, Inviscid

Photos: Saturday Gallery (upload)

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Rolls Report November 2: Halloween- on video!

Hello, it’s back to your regularly scheduled rolls reporter this week! Thanks much to James for filling in in my absence. Many happenings this weekend, including a single day of rolls due to not having quorum on November 1st. We saw buggies in Halloween costumes, successful and aborted pass tests, and teams doing Hill 1s to get ready for Mini-Raceday next week. I hope to see you there! Message us if you are coming and can help us time the teams, or just come for the action (and donuts).


Someone missed sweeping up this Redbull can in the chute

OrgSunday
ApexSolaris, Helios, Scorch
CIAEmperor, Kingfisher, Goldfinch, Starling
FringeBermuda, Blackbird
PiKARaptor
SDCParanoia, Lust, Vice
SpiritSeraph, Inviscid

Photos: Sunday Gallery (upload)

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